Github user stanlyxiang commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-hawq/pull/1314#discussion_r154280568
--- Diff: src/backend/access/external/plugstorage.c ---
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+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * plugstorage.c
+ *
+ * Pluggable storage implementation. Support external table for now.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+#include "access/plugstorage.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_type.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_proc.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_exttable.h"
+#include "nodes/value.h"
+#include "parser/parse_func.h"
+
+/*
+ * getExternalTableTypeList
+ *
+ * Return the table type for a given external table
+ *
+ * Currently it is an implementation with performance cost due to the
+ * fact that the format types for TEXT, CSV, and ORC external tables
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currently there is no type "TEXT" "CSV" and "ORC".
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